Psychedelic Prayers: And Other Meditations (Leary, Timothy)

A far-out trip into the mind of Dr. Timothy Leary who pioneered LSD research and propelled the use and abuse of LSD into regions beyond the planets and stars. A real spiritual trip and a nostalgic look into a yesteryear approach to life's burning questions.

Fantastic book! Even if you're not into "getting psychadelic," it's still beautiful and helpful for meditation. I haven't read it under any influence, but I really can't wait to.

BOOK TIME

I remember reading this while experimenting with Vitamin L when I was in College, hope its as good as I remember

Nothing else even comes close

Tim Leary first introduced Lao Tzu to me in the late sixties. He translated the Tao Te Ching into American from the English. "No one has ever done it better." Tim's version of "Psychedelic Prayers," still stands as essential Tao. The Tao many of us will travel forever.The I Ching came to me in a completely different way. I had read the introduction to John Blofeld's translation of Richard Wilhelm's version of the I Ching; not knowing it could me used as an oracle. That night a few mystifying ladies from Yale University campus, took me home and in an incense & candle lit session, showed me how to enter the mysterious consciousness of the Tao.My concern then as now has been the philosophy of Tao. Book two of Wilhelm's I Ching teaches of the philosophical background of the pattern of change. Everything changes but change has a design.This probably led to my trading Commodities Futures for a living.Recently I found Richard Wilhelm's similar magnificent masterpiece "Tao Te Ching: The Book of Meaning and Life by Lao Tzu."Anyone who has had an interest in Psychedelic Prayers, these last thirty years may want to consider Wilhelm's views on Lao Tzu's consciousness.Just as in Book Two of the I Ching, Wilhelm dives right into Lao Tzu's mind with clarity like no one else.

An astoundingly arrogant and ridiculous rendering of Lao Tzu's major philosophical treatise - Leary can't be considered a decent poet, let alone capable of apprehending Lao Tzu's awareness from his own purple haze.

excellent

Really good book.

Leary's words here are simply beautiful. the whole work has a zen koan atmosphere- with Leary smiling out at you:)simple..insighful..beautiful.

Presto!

The "psychedelic prayers" were designed to be used immediately before, during and at the end of a psychedelic session.While being primarily crafted to accompany an LSD trip, they turn out to be quite suitable to be used with altered states of consciousness reached by means of meditation.